Replies to post #9439 on Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[guzaling]

"It is not working right now on PET, and while it can handle PVC, reprocessing that would require a system to capture the hydrogen chloride gas that would be given off." Me thinks in the future that JBII will have processors "tweaked" for different plastics! Of course the plastics would have to be sorted to feed into the processors.

[guzaling]

"What about, vinyl, polystyrene, ABS, HDPE, etc."

I don't have a link but from being in the plastics industry...
PS is polystyrene...HDPE & LDPE are PE...PP is polypropylene...ABS is engineered PS with rubber added (so all those can be processed) Vinyl is PVC so they have to work on that one (gasses).
I don't think (but don't quote me) that Nylon or Polycarbonate will be an issue.
The only issues are plastics like PET, Acetal, and any plastics filled with talc, minerals, or glass as they would produce too much residue...imo

[Zardiw]

Yes. Excellent Article! I like this part:

“We are taking plastics from both post-industrial and post-consumer sources,” he says. “The municipalities right now are paying up to $80 a ton to landfill scrap plastics, so they like the idea of shipping them to us for recycling.”
For initial feedstock, the company didn’t have to look far. It has now worked through about 50 tons of magnetic tape and casings that it stockpiled, and with the data extracted and safely stored again, the tape can be reduced back to basic hydrocarbon molecules.
“NASA used to specify destruction of the tapes, then it mandated recycling,” Bordynuik says. “That was what got us into this in the first place.”
At present, 310 Holdings is looking at 10 to 12 joint-venture situations. Most of these are in the north-eastern US, but Bordynuik plans to add Canadian facilities.
“It’s just that the approvals process in this country takes a little longer,” he says.

http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/plasticsincanada/news/industry/article.jsp?content=20090924_110713_6584

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